Given any problems getting a formal statewide recount, individual citizens might be able to count ballots. As Optical Scan machines read a ballot, they capture an anonymous image of it.
Use a notarized FOIA request to election officials demanding the images. The response could be cooperation, outright denial (for true reasons or not) and/or dragging it out, so if possible, go in person, taking at least two brand-new, still-wrapped flash drives to download the files. Count the votes & place into a spreadsheet for tracking.
https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/
1. National map: click on Michigan. {Clicking on a county gets its info.} Scroll to "Search Equipment" dropdowns in lower left. Select Michigan, "Optical Scan" & 2016, and SEARCH.
https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#year/2016/state/26
2. See the 2-page list of Michigan counties' usage of which makes and various models of Optical Scan machines = ES&S {Elections Systems & Software}, Premier/Diebold, Sequoia. Go to bottom left, pick Michigan, 2016 & "SEARCH".
3. Explore "Security Concerns" & "Important Info" for those Optical Scan models used in Michigan: in right-hand column, scroll down & select each one in turn to see their vulnerabilities.
https://www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/voting-equipment/
POLLING PLACE EQUIPMENT
Make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Model . . . . . . Type of Equipment
Election Systems & Software= AutoMARK Ballot Marking Device or System
Premier/Diebold (Dominion)= AccuVote OS Optical Scan
Election Systems & Software= Model 100 Optical Scan
Sequoia (Dominion)= Optech Insight Optical Scan
ABSENTEE BALLOT TABULATION
Premier/Diebold (Dominion)= AccuVote OS Optical Scan
Election Systems & Software= Model 100 Optical Scan
Sequoia (Dominion)= Optech Insight Optical Scan
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